Dan Burton: “Mr. Chairman, the previous speaker talked about India's minister of oil and gas, and he said that India was only going…”

“Mr. Chairman, the previous speaker talked about India's minister of oil and gas, and he said that India was only going to allow that loan if the U.N. said that it was all right. The fact of the matter is India's minister of oil and gas, and I am quoting him now, acknowledged the grant would violate U.N. sanctions but said his country would never allow a friend like Iran to suffer. So the intent of India was very clear. They were going to violate the embargo. They were going to violate the U.N. sanctions. Let me just end by saying that the reason I come down here year after year is not because I like to argue with my colleagues, because I know the other side outnumbers me. And though I really liked Cyrano de Bergerac, where he fought hundreds of people by himself and emerged victorious, I come down here with no false illusions. I know when I come down, my colleagues will beat me into the ground. But I think it is important that we bring this issue up, because human rights are being violated in Kashmir and Punjab; because U.N.…”